Introducing Community Manager Andy Zwillinger Belford!

Hi everyone! I hope your 2011 has been a positive and eventful one so far. It definitely has been for Paragon’s Community Relations Team, as we’re growing this year to best support the needs of our studio and of course, our players!


That is why I am especially excited to introduce to you our brand spanking new Community Manager, Andy “Zwillinger” Belford. Zwillinger is no stranger to MMO’s. Not only has he been a Community professional for years now and associated with multiple games, but he is of course, a huge player himself. In fact, this might not be the first time you’ve seen or heard his name, for you might have come across it on the “big screen,” as Andy was featured in the MMO documentary “Second Skin.”


And yes…before you even ask (how did I know you would?), he does have experience with City of Heroes! Zwillinger played the duration of the CoH Beta and continued with the game for quite some time post-launch. Over the years, he has re-subbed periodically to check out all the latest and greatest things that have come to the game…so while he might have a little catching up to do, he has already hit the ground running!


You should definitely get ready to see a lot of communication from Zwillinger here on the boards. He is going to be a BIG face of the Community Team and he’s eager to get to know you. Although Avatea is going to be the Community Rep attending PAX East this year, you can look forward to Zwillinger being front-and-center at future CoH Meet and Greets. There’s no doubt that you’ll have plenty of opportunities to meet him in person.


So please join me in welcoming him to the team and Paragon! And now I present you with the opportunity to officially make his acquaintance in this thread!


Have fun getting to know the community, Zwillinger. We’re lucky to have you joining us, but you’re lucky to now be a CM over one of the best group of gamers on the Internet!


-EMpulse

Welcome to the madhouse, Zwill. Check your sanity at the door, coz you won't be needing it here.

BTW, watch out for the weird woman with the camera on the servers - that'll be me, and I eventually catch all the rednames in-game!

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Welcome to CoH. Don't look up my file kthx!

Welcome aboard sir! We here at the Cape look forward to working with you as we enjoy working with all the people at Paragon.

Welcome !!!

Welcome to a great game and to the best MMO community anywhere!

Welcome I am the noob buster! I'll be keeping my eye on you !

Hey! Another community relations person to add to our heroic/villainous red-named ranks!

Good to have a new CM, and from what EMPulse just said, one with experience.

You have jumped into a great community, one with incredible gaming skills, hardcore beta testers, extremely generous hearts, smart-as-a-whip rhetoric writers, fanatical forumites and most importantly - dedicated heroes and villains all!

You have now crossed the rubicon, Andy.

May the gods have mercy on your soul.

OH..and welcome aboard!

Thanks for the welcome EMPulse!

And thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

I'm extremely excited, and humbled, to have the opportunity to be a part of the best Community (with a capital "C") out there. As EMPulse said, I've had a lot of experience with City of, with many hours spent patrolling the streets of Paragon (and wrecking some havoc on the Rogue Islands of course). I'm stoked to be jumping into the new Going Rogue content and have been in awe of all the new content added to the game over the years.

I'll be spending a lot of time in the coming weeks "in the trenches" digging into the meat of the game and getting to know what really makes the Community tick. There's a lot to learn, so I'll be counting on you guys to help me learn what's important to the Community and where you feel we should be working to improve as a team.

The Community team here at Paragon is second to none, and I'm very privileged to be a part of it. As previously stated, Avatea will be the smiling Community face at the PAX East meet and greet (and the panel), however I plan on joining in on the fun at upcoming player gatherings, so I'm looking forward to meeting many of you face to face.

So there you have it...feel free to toss questions my way. Let's get to know one another!

Welcome aboard, Zwillinger!

I know most will recognize you from the "Bridget Jones' Diary" films, but I remember seeing you in a little film called "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation", and I thought you did an admirable job in what was an otherwise bland rehash of a series that really should've ended after it sent itself up in the first sequel. I wish I could say I'm familiar with more of your work, but you tend to do that thing with your face where it looks like you've just eaten a dozen lemons and ...

... What?

... "Zwillinger". Not "Zellweger".

Huh.

Well, don't I look like a fool.

Welcome aboard, Zwillinger! Always great to see a new face added to the team. Especially if they were players before they were employees!

Welcome Back to the City in a new light. I hope you become comfortable quickly and enjoy your stay.

I know you've traveled all over the MMO World, so let me offer you fresh cookies, a hot cup of coffee and a hearty Welcome Home!


~Shadow


Edit: First Post After A New Redname!

I like the cut of yer' jib.

Welcome Zwill, Great to have you aboard!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard Andy!

We should trick him into saying what games he's been involved, so he'll be forced to edit his own post





And hi Andy

A warm welcome to you, Andy! My dad always said it's best to develop 3 bones to be happy in personal and work life: your backbone, your wishbone and your funnybone. I sincerely hope the last one will get the biggest workout for you here. We are lucky to have you back in the fold. /em FREEM

I'm very glad you're here, Z. You seem like a tiptop sort of fellow, and you already feel like you have a good understanding of the community. Good show! Please see to it that the quality of the board moderation returns to the high standards we used to know and appreciate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zwillinger It's something that we'll need to pursue with our Web Team.

I feel insulted by the implication that the Web Team hasn't bothered with this when it has been a titanic and ongoing pain in the *** for six months.